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United States

Build and protect intellectual property portfolios and technologies

Palo Alto, California, United States

• Prepare, draft, and file U.S. and international patent applications.• Conduct inventory disclosure meetings.• Conduct examiner interviews.• Draft responses to office actions.• Provide response recommendations to clients.• Provide continuation application recommendations to clients.• Generate patent applications for clients to expand monopoly coverage.• Undertake infringement analysis and provide infringement analysis recommendations and advice to clients.• Draft appeal briefs with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.• Draft patent infringement cease and desist letters.• Undertake Patentability searches and analysis and advise on same.

• Prepare and file utility and design applications with the USPTO.• File amendments and responses to actions with USPTO.• Prepare claim amendments including formalities such as amendments under rule 1.312.• Provide advice to clients on strategy for responses after reviewing office actions.• Perform patentability searches, provide reports and client recommendations.• Direct foreign associates on responding to foreign office actions.• Head up disclosure meetings and provide patent prosecution and strategy advice to clients.• Manage client portfolios, provide advice and consult with clients regarding applications and prosecution matters.• Prepare claim charts for patent infringement analysis.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Provide patent law subject matter expertise and legal advice to clients on foreign and US patent protection.• Review hundreds of patent applications, from filing to allowance, identifying problems, and recommending solutions to senior patent counsel.• Audit in-bound client portfolios, patents, and patent applications.• File PCT applications using both the WIPO IP portal as well as PCT safe.• Daily communication with clients, provide advice on patent prosecution, interface between them and senior patent attorneys. • Interface with, and close call-in clients. Patent harvesting meetings with inventors and startups.• Work with patent attorneys to prepare and file patent applications and prosecution documents with the USPTO.• Improve and maintain client relationships, through excellent communication and superior client management.• Prepare and file corrections of inventorship and applicant details, requests for continued examinations, filing power of attorney, declarations, assignments, draft and file requests for certificates of correction.

Wellington

The primary role of a Policy Advisor is to conduct legal policy research and development, to draft statutes and regulations, and to provide advice to the Attorney General, the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Courts.Accomplishments include: • Drafting legal advice to the New Zealand Attorney General on the compliance of legislation with human rights requirements of the New Zealand Bill of Rights.• Proactively working with various government departments towards effective solutions, to enact legislation that complies with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.• Working with public and private organizations to assess and provide recommendations as to whether to provide business, corporate and charitable institution applicants exemptions from the requirements of Anti-Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism regulations.• Researching, and delivering policy and legislative drafting advise for a number of statutes and legislative instruments, including legislation to enable the publication of judicial decisions online.• Playing a key role in creating a standardized system for the awarding of interest in monetary judgments across all New Zealand courts, drawing upon my legal and economic expertise.• Responding to official parliamentary questions and queries on behalf of the Minister of Justice.• Writing speeches, briefings and organizing travel arrangements for foreign diplomatic trips by the Minister of Justice and Minister for Courts.

North Shore District Court

Drafted motions, researched case law and legal precedents and provided advice to prosecutors during criminal prosecutions.• Reviewed sentencing guidelines and recommendations, prosecution arguments, and prepared sentencing submissions.

Auckland

Completed full legal administrative and client interfacing duties through daily briefings, client interviews, and client correspondence. Wrote legal memoranda and opinions, drafted motions for civil and criminal proceedings, including arguments to exclude evidence, sentencing submissions, structuring legal defenses, and opposition arguments.• Gained proficiency in civil and criminal court proceedings, appearing before District Court judges.• Represented clients, leading successful negotiations with prosecutors to drop drug possession charges, reduce sentences and provide non-punitive sentencing options for clients.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Laws (Honors), Law

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Economics

Highschool